Interstate 380 route battle heats up in Iowa debate
Four informational meetings begin in Vinton as Iowa highway officials review three proposed 1-380 alignments from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Independence dogleg, the Raymond diagonal, and the Palo straight route compete, with Waterloo and northeast Iowa backing the Palo and Independence options. A final decision awaits federal approval and a February or March hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Vinton
Raymond
Iowa
Buchanan County
Highway Commission
Carl Schach
the Gazette
Commission
Linn
Black Hawk
Benton
Buchanan
Independence
Santa arrives in Cedar Rapids crowds greet man in red
Santa Claus touched down by helicopter in a vacant lot near the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. A large crowd of children and adults welcomed him as he headed to his headquarters in the Merchants National drive in bank building amid festive excitement.
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Santa Claus
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Merchants National Drive
Public To Pay for Civil Case Counsel
The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis ordered counsel be appointed for a plaintiff in a civil suit, a move overturning a district judge who denied court appointed counsel to a inmate at Leavenworth. The order led Judge McManus to appoint Cedar Rapids attorney Tom Riley for Gerald D. Peterson of Kansas City Missouri in a suit over alleged wrongful conversion of a car.
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Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Appeals
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids
Leavenworth, Kan., Federal Penitentiary
Appeals Court
Robert C. Tucker
Torney
Gerald D. Peterson
Kansas City
Tom Riley
Peterson
Western Missouri
Dewayne Lee Wilfong
New Hartford
Wilfong
Austin F. Shute
Shute
Waterloo
Nadler
Holiday shopping season off to fast start in CA
Cedar Rapids merchants report a booming start to the holiday shopping period with strong Friday volumes across major stores. Executives from Armstrong's Killian's Sears Kmart and J C Penney praise brisk traffic and optimistic outlook for Christmas sales following November gains and post freeze bounce.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Wender
Lindale Plaza
Iowa City
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Lindale
H. F. Armstrong
the Gazette
Evening games set at multiple junior highs this week
The schedule lists seven thirty p.m. games Monday at Tilford junior high in Vinton Tuesday at Logan junior high Wednesday at Middle school in Independence and Thursday at the coliseum in Cedar Rapids.
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Vinton’s Tilford Junior High
Logan Junior High
Waterloo
Middle School
Independence
the Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Braced For Snowstorm Across State
The Associated Press reports a major winter storm moving from Eastern Wyoming into Nebraska and the Dakotas spread into western Iowa, forecast to drop one to three inches of snow mainly in southern and central counties and linger into Sunday. Temperatures stayed in the 30s with highs around 35 to 36 degrees and lows near 27 to 29 across towns like Lamont Ottumwa Burlington Waterloo Mason City Spencer.
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Iowa
Wyoming
Nebraska
Dakotas
Hawkeye
Lamont
Ottumwa
Burlington
Waterloo
Mason City
Spencer
Violent Storm Hits Sardinia Towns Maroons 10000 People
Violent rainstorms with winds up to 60 mph struck Sardinia this Saturday, marooning three towns totaling about 10 000 residents. No injuries reported. Communications disrupted and emergency crews mobilized to assist stranded residents.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Chuckle Caption Reflects Admiration for Listening
A lighthearted quip notes a man admiring a woman not for words but for the music she loves. The joke plays on the idea that attentive listening conveys deeper connection and taste.
Nixon to Host Sato in California Talks January
President Nixon will host Japanese Prime Minister Eisako Sato at the Western White House in San Clemente January 6-7 1972 to mend U S Japanese ties after the Nixon Shock. Ziegler says the talks will precede Nixon visits to Peking and Moscow and review bilateral relations amid economic and diplomatic shifts.
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Palm Desert
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Eisako Sato
White House
California
U.S
China
Mente
Sato
Peking
Moscow
Japan
Tokyo
Ziegler
San Clemente
Pompidou
Azores
Heath
Bermuda
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Hiawatha
Rock Island Railroad
Center Point
Urbana
Santa
Jason Evans
Michael Evans
Staubcourt
Kayla Korsmo
Fred Korsmo
Twelfth Street NW
Isador Nadler
A. C. Peremsky
Armstrong’s
Killian
D. W. Schmidt
Kmart
J. C. Penney
Blake Garske
Eugene Peck
Craemer’s
W. C. Hayes
Younkers
A. L. Smulekoff
Smulekoff’s
Associated Press
Ronald Ziegler
San Cle
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